Bible Verses About the Word: 12

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

— John 1:1 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about the Word want Scripture on logos — Christ the Word in John 1 — not only the word of God Scripture / sword inventory alone, the scripture written-Word list alone, or the Jesus personal-name inventory alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about the word of God, Bible verses about scripture, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about light of the world, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about prayer, Bible verses about peace, and Bible verse of the day. The Word here means the personal logos who was with God and became flesh — distinct from the broader word-of-God / Scripture pages.

Word study (lead theme). In Greek, "word" in John 1 is λόγος logos (Strong's G3056; Bible Hub G3056) — word, speech, reason, message. John opens with the Word who was with God and was God, then shows that Word becoming flesh. This list centers that Christ-as-Word claim, not only verses about Scripture as written word.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 1 presses the eternity and deity of the Word who became flesh (Bible Hub MHC John 1; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on John 1). (Word-of-God and Scripture inventories live on those pages; this list centers logos as Christ.)

12 Bible verses about the Word

1. John 1:1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The Word was with God and was God. See Bible verses about Jesus.

2. John 1:14. "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." The Word became flesh — glory among us. See Bible verses about the word of God.

3. John 1:3. "Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." All things through the Word — creation by him. See Bible verses about gods power.

4. Revelation 19:13. "He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God." His name is the Word of God. See Bible verses about Jesus.

5. Hebrews 1:1-2. "In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe." Spoken by his Son — final Word. See Bible verses about faith.

6. 1 John 1:1. "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life." The Word of life — heard, seen, touched. See Bible verses about hope.

7. John 1:18. "No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known." The Son makes the Father known — Word as revealer. See Bible verses about light of the world.

8. Genesis 1:3. "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." God said — and light was. See Bible verses about gods power.

9. Hebrews 11:3. "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." Formed at God's command — Word and world. See Bible verses about faith.

10. 2 Peter 3:5. "But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water." By God's word the heavens came into being. See Bible verses about providence.

11. John 17:17. "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." Your word is truth — sanctifying Word. See Bible verses about scripture.

12. Revelation 1:2. "who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ." The word of God and the testimony of Jesus. See Bible verses about the word of God.

Questions people ask

What does "the Word" mean in John 1? John uses logos for the eternal Son who was with God, was God, and became flesh. This page centers that personal Word; the word-of-God page gathers Scripture / spoken-word inventory more broadly.

How is the Word different from word of God? Word of God often means Scripture and God's speech; the Word in John 1 is the person of Christ. Cross-link both; keep inventories distinct.

How is the Word different from scripture? Scripture lists written-Word passages; this list centers Christ as logos. Overlap is capped so the pages stay distinct.

Why start with John 1:1? It is the clearest New Testament claim that the Word was with God and was God — the lead verse for a logos page.

Sources

• NIV Scripture quotations.
• Strong's G3056 logos; Blue Letter Bible and Bible Hub lexicon entries (curl-verified).
• Matthew Henry Concise on John 1 (Bible Hub MHC + Blue Letter Bible Comm).